[Qgis-developer] some questions about GRASS features in QGIS

William Kyngesburye woklist at kyngchaos.com
Sat Mar 9 16:28:34 PST 2013


Hmm, sounds like I can really only trim out the g.gui GUI.  I'd still need wxpython to handle the modules.

On Mar 9, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:

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> Il 09/03/2013 17:40, William Kyngesburye ha scritto:
>> - Can the plugin access/start the GRASS GUI?  I mean just the full 
>> GUI started with g.gui.  Is there really any benefit to doing this
>> in QGIS?
> 
> IMHO not
> 
>> - Can the plugin use the command mini-GUI things (whatever they're 
>> called), that start when you run a GRASS command without
>> parameters? Seems redundant if it can, since the plugin has it's
>> own GUI forms for filling in command parameters.
> 
> Not all the commands and options are included, so yes, it is useful,
> even if unelegant.
> 
>> - Then there are a couple tools that only run in a small GUI 
>> interface, like NVIZ (in its multiple forms).  How does the plugin 
>> handle these?  Not at all, or let them run as is?
> 
> It lets run them.
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>> - can the plugin run arbitrary GRASS scripts or modules (ie user 
>> scripts and addon modules)?
> 
> it could, if the module developer writes also the necessary qgm
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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